[cook the hound when the hares have been run down;trusted aides are eliminated when they have outlived their usefulness,as the hounds are killed for food once all the hares are bagged] 把抓住兔子的猎狗烹煮吃掉。比喻成就事业后就把有功之臣杀了,只能共患难,不能共欢乐。多指独裁专权
◎ 兔子不吃窝边草 tùzi bù chī wō biān cǎo[the hare does not eat the grass around his burrow] 比喻坏人不在当地干坏事-----------------国语辞典：（谚语）兔子不吃自己窝旁的草，以保护自己不被敌人发现。比喻不在乡里作恶或不侵犯周围人的利益。如：「有道是：『兔子不吃窝边草』，我不会傻到去打我老爹的主意。」也作「兔儿不吃窠边草」。
◎ 兔死狐悲 tùsǐ-húbēi[when the hare dies, the fox is grieved;like grieves for like as the fox mourns over the death of the hare] 比喻伤害其同类后心中孤独悲凉 -----------------国语辞典：比喻因同类的死亡而感到悲伤。元．汪元亨〈折桂令．厌红尘拂袖而归〉曲：「鄙高位羊质虎皮，见非辜兔死狐悲。」《红楼梦．第八二回》：「早要如此，晴雯何至弄到没有结果。兔死狐悲，不觉滴下泪来。」也作「狐兔之悲」、「狐死兔悲」、「狐死兔泣」。近物伤其类反幸灾乐祸英语 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress法语 (expr. idiom.) pleurer la mort de ses semblables, Le renard pleure la mort du lapin (quand le lièvre meurt, le renard pleure).